ODE OR INSULT? | Rammstein - Amerika (Official Video) Reaction
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Neither ode nor insulting. Simply truth.
It's about America imposing itself on others around the world. "And if you don't want to dance at the end, you don't know yet that you have to dance."
And if America doesn't get what it wants from others, it takes it.
Seriously? Another America hater...boring.
@@user-xq2jt6dh8r No, just reality bro. Auch wenn du es nicht wahrhaben willst. And i do not hate the US. It's a beautiful country.
@@user-xq2jt6dh8r nonsense. But for you, it's probably the easiest way to want to silence others.
It’s also the outsiders job to retain themselves. 2 sides to the coin
@@user-xq2jt6dh8r Just truth. The world isn't the USA.
The song is definitely a dig at America. First of all the visuals: You see distinct cultures from around the world, but in every clip there is something American inserted. The message is that American culture is everywhere and often replaces the local culture. The things that are inserted aren't positive things either. There's burgers which are almost a symbol for fast-food, unhealthy eating and obesity, there's cigarettes and of course the man who prays right to an oil refinery. At the end of the video we see that everything was a movie set with actors and props. Germans often perceive Americans as fake, with fake smiles and fake compliments. The whole set being about the moon-landing is also a jab at America's many conspiracy theorists.
In the lyrics we first have the part about dancing and America wanting to lead. The song is from a time when America was perceived as playing "world police". The music coming from the white house really means that this is where the decisions are being made for the whole world. There's also mention of CocaCola, Santa Claus and Mickey Mouse, which again refers to American consumerism and culture being exported all over the wold and often feeling so out of place where they end up. American politics, American culture and American brands are being exported all over the world to the point where we effectively all live in America.
The more i have listened to this the more I 100% agree with everything you said here!
May be a dig, but a little jealousy or envy is pushing it. I much rather be the wolf than the three little piggies.
Very good analysis.
@@user-xq2jt6dh8r if you really know the story, than the three little pigs had the better end😉
the use of the imagery of Native Americans is very telling in this video...we throw stones..however...
The song is about cultural imperialism and was a spontaneous reaction to George Bush's war in Iraq.
"When there's dancing, I want to lead,
Even if you're spinning alone.
Let me control you a little.
I'll show you how to do it right."
"I know steps that are very useful,
And will protect you from missteps.
And if you don't want to dance at the end,
Don't know yet that they have to dance."
When Saddam Hussein, with the strong support of the CIA, had putsched his way to the top of the regime in 1979, the head of the secret service station at the US embassy in Baghdad wired this success message to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia: "I know Saddam Hussein is a son of a bitch, but he is our son of a bitch."
With the help of US proteges and their loans, Saddam Hussein has waged a bloody war against Iran that has cost the lives of over 1 million Iranians. When he failed, further support was stopped and repayment of the loans was demanded. That was the beginning of Saddam Hussein's Iraq's conflict of interest with the USA, where the CIA's son of a bitch no longer danced to the rhythm of the music from the White House, i.e. stepped out of line, no longer wanted to be controlled and thus began a misstep.
Geostrategy in the context of military power and cultural imperialism are two sides of the same coin, serving to secure resources, generally to secure the economic future and political power of the clientele that has the instruments of power at any given time.
In the context of 2003, when China was not yet the China of today, Russia had just got rid of Yeltsin and Putin appeared cooperative and friendly to the outside world, when the USA was seemingly the only remaining world power after the Cold War, the song deals ironically with cultural imperialism and the geostrategy of the USA at the time.
I wish i heard this when it was new because it probably wouldve hit home harder on the first listen NGL.
Taken from "Affenknecht": “Amerika” was the second single released from Reise, Reise. It deals with the worldwide dominance of the culture of the United States. It is sung largely in German with a chorus partly in English: We’re all living in Amerika, Amerika ist wunderbar, We’re all living in Amerika, Amerika. It has received mixed reviews: some perceive it as anti-American, others as being opposed to globalization. The band views it as a satirical commentary on Cocacolonization.
Yep they're taking the piss. The part where they sing this is not a love song should hammer home their intensions!
👍
There is no "but" needed in the lyrics. It's pretty much straight-out sarcasm throughout the whole video.
More people need to see this genius 😄
Nice review, nice song 👏🏻
The irony is clear: when he says that 'we are all living in America', he means that we are living the American Way Of Life.
We are all living in America; America is wonderful. I love Amerika, I love U.S.A.
I am from Brazil 😃
Thank you!
I feel when he chants "this is not a love song" before the keyboard breakdown sums up whether or not its an ode
For me the "And if you don't want to dance at the end, Don't know yet that they HAVE to dance." explains it mostly.
Haha, didn't you see that the foreigners all had american food and american stuff around them? Perhaps you did not notice because it is so common now. It is about the influence America has on other cultures.
More like she didn't see anything because she was not paying attention to the video and was reading the lyrics on the side of the screen.
I definitely saw that but i agree it feels so common now that I didn’t perceive it as a negative.
@@SlayWithBrandy that's because you're American, therefore the song is right 😆
Hello big rammstein fan here and a long time. I remember when the music video came out for this song and in interviews with rammstein they mentioned that this song was written because of the Iraq war which they where angry with America. Which I believe is the reason they didn’t tour in the US until 2010.
It's clear that Rammstein are taking a slightly sarcastic look at the cultural imperialism of the USA that goes hand in hand with its economic dominance.
Greetings and Love from Germany again. Well, Miss Ortega😊, i think it's nor a love song either a hate song. It just shows the huge influence of America spread arround the world. That must be also the reason why most americans think they are the greatest. And you're right, every country has its pro's & contras.
However, would like to know how serious you are with your cosplay. Like in this case here, did you learned the 'Wendnesday-dance".? Have a peaceful day, my dear. 💚
Agreed!
Thats Just Facts, greetings from Austria!!
The Song is a Mirror for USA.
I myself see the song being about the spread of the US influence, Mickey mouse in Paris because there is Disney land there. Buddhist with burgers, Mcdonald's is present in almost every country now days. Things from the US just became a part of every day life around the world.
Its actually kind of crazy when you think about it. I guess being an American I'm so used to seeing it that it didnt stand out until a second listen of this!
Rammstein are giving us mixed messages their singing about certain things & showing us something different in this video.
I've been listening to this album since it released many moons ago.
Summary: Tell me the Moon landing was fake without telling me the moon landings was fake!
Chris Cornell -thank you (howard stern) ❤️
As an 🇺🇸 I ❤️ this song
Don't be silly. He sings "Coca Cola, sometimes war" at the end of the song. What do you think is this refering to?
Please watch "volker pispers history of usa and terrorism" - this will blow your mind.
Neither one nor the other. Simply the truth. No US astronaut has ever been to the moon.
This song was publise in 2004 at that time Amerika was in war(Irak) we all know that Amerika want to rule the world and i am sad that seem so, we all know that is not all good in Amerika, one thing is the healtcare system, i realy can not understand way it is so hard to get, free healtcare for everyone, ther is of course a lot of stoff i could mention.
I missed the part where they were „subtle“… there is not much to read in between lines. Their observations and judgement is crystal clear.
the truth
"This is not a love song" is a song by post-punk band Public Image Ltd. It is in fact the opposite of a love song (about the UK and the music business). Ironically it was their greatest hit - albeit it was made as a f*y* to all the commercial parts of the music business. John Lydon was the singer of the Sex Pistols and I still like their record "The Flowers of Romance" from 1981.
ruclips.net/video/Az_GCJnXAI0/видео.html
Greetings from Germany ❤️🤘
Welcome! :)
Its just a critical song about the "americanization" of the world.
It´s about the (not always good) cultural influence of the US in the world.
Lol! Take it easy! No need for mad zeal and dogmas in the world lol
you have to watch deustchland video by them if you don't yet and you will see they were with some heat about their own country as well throughout the history of Germany and in America basically is about the influence america had around the world overall with a lot of sarcastic way to showing but is true actually no matter what if it is for good or bad it's just fact.
Well it's a critical song about the US and it's influence around the world, but rammstein is even more critical about their own country. Suggest watching "Deutschland", a piece about Germanies history, including all dark episodes.
I love it! I find it somewhat patriotic.. They intended it as more of a complaint about the exportation of American culture and the anxiety of becoming less German, or African or Native American, etc. A lot of people view it as a form of neocolonialism and cultural imperialism..
This is one of the only songs I can think of that is blatantly sarcastic, aside from the "Hail to the bus driver" song the kids on the Simpsons were singing while Principal Skinner was the temporary bus driver. It really points how America is almost a colonial power that has planted its cultural flags everywhere and there is almost no reason to ever go to the USA because it imports its products and media everywhere ergo "we are all living in America" even if in my case America is about 100 km south.
Coca - Cola sometimes war
In the region where I'm from, the American culture is more like an invasive culture which spreads fast and replaces the local one, which is a bit sad. And I think this is what the song is trying to say.
The video is 20 years old. Today nobody would associate the US with Lucky Strike cigarettes.
Did you See the Same Video ?
It is totaly Clear that it is not about how great the US is!
It´s no insult but just a critic about - "American Imperialism".
So - according to the lyrics - it is all about what´s happening outside of the USA = to say it bluntly and straight = "USA is political + economical influencing others (with "soft force" so to say while presenting themselves as "the nice good guys"= which the band is playing out in their appearance in the video by the way) which is just beneficial for the USA but not neccesarily for those others" - to say that "diplomatic"... and the song is not about what´s happening within the USA at all..according to the lyrics...I´m a native German speaker by the way and that message of the lyrics is quite clear in the German language.
Mockery
This is no love song.
Oh i know it’s not, it’s just a buzz question.
I'll SAY it straight away. America wants world peace, at least that's what they say. Here is the answer to world peace. A world without America is a world without conflict and a world without conflict is a peaceful world.
You have imprinted your culture to so many countries, they didn't want it, now see the throwback
"Coca-Cola, sometimes war"
Yeah, Coca Cola, wonderbra, Mickey Mouse, bubble gum... any other great american inventions?
"ode or insult?"...neither one nor the other...You have to take your time, read and reread the text which is not that difficult to understand and is for me a rather successful portrait of the American liberal politics with its good and its less good things... and above all put the video in the historical context (Iraq war)... I am European and I can never thank the USA enough for having freed us from the Nazis. ..but the disappearance of indigenous Indian peoples is also an American reality....
To finish I can tell you that I don't drink Coca Cola...but excellent...European wine!
druck-banane.
German power.....🤘💪
The true fact that we all knows what this song about. But clearly we can see most amreican choose to deny the true fact and just act not to understand.
Såååå aningslöst!
Catalyst by weird genius ft pepita, terima kasih manis.
It's sarcastic and satirical..
Oh CLEARLY.
🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 love you ❤❤
In one perspective it can be a dig on America as a whole, but that's only on the surface. It's largely a dig on worldwide communication and who puts media out there for everyone else to consume whether it be conscious or subconscious. The reason you have to look at it deeper is that many of the things they're talking about or showing in this video aren't American at all, they're European. Where did Santa Clause come from? It certainly isn't an American idea or concept, it was brought here by...Europeans immigrating here. They show people eating pizza. Was pizza invented here in America? Nope. Italians brought it with them when they immigrated here. The video shows American astronauts on the Moon. They're taking a jab at the conspiracy theory of a moon landing hoax that the flat earth people perpetuate, but once again, that's on the surface. Most of us are aware that the man most responsible for dropping V2 rockets on Britain, killing many during WWII is the very same man who we brought here and had him work on the Saturn 5, making it a German scientist who got us to the Moon in the first place. The dig on Paris having Mickey Mouse is true enough, but it's certainly interesting that the castle of Walt Disney was inspired heavily by Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria. It's Walt Disney's trademark. The mention of Coca-Cola is one of corporations reaching beyond their borders for consumers. No one bats an eye about adults drinking Jegermeister or one of the many German beers here in the US during Octoberfest, all of which are imports to American culture from Germany. The other products mentioned are Lucky Strike cigarettes, Nike shoes, oil refineries, televisions, and I'm sure there are more. Of course, those aren't specifically American, and there are options one can purchase from any other country, even Germany, but it does speak to consumerism which America doesn't hesitate to push. The last thing one needs to focus on is the video, song, and everything else. It was recorded on a movie set, largely an American staple, but hardly exclusive. The music was recorded in a music studio, the first ever being the New York Phonograph Company in 1890. And lastly, we're all watching this video on RUclips which is an American company used by people worldwide, sometimes for profit for those content creators, and RUclips exists only because we have a thing called the Internet, which was started up here in America. This video being watched on a cellphone, tablet, laptop, computer, or smart TV, most of which began as concepts created here in America, especially the consumer versions thereof, but many nations make these devices today, including Germany. Given all of this, this song is much deeper than it is on the surface and requires a lot of thought about where everything is made and where it all started out. Lastly, this is not a new phenomena. It has occurred many times in the past. Rome overtook most of Europe and directly influenced every aspect of life there. France owned vast swaths of land, including here in America and influenced all of it. The same can be said for Spain, and it's seen by all of the people south of our border speaking...Spanish, aside from Brazil which speaks Portuguese, another European language.
Ultimately, I like to think this song is positive not negative. People take what they see and experience and embrace that which appeals to them, regardless of where it comes from, and discard that which does not appeal to them. That's the way humans are. We share knowledge and all aspects of society with one another because people see it as beneficial to them. Rammstein did all of that commentary in a single song. All of their songs have multiple layers and multiple meanings depending on how deep you want to dig. That's awesome.
yes you nailed it. The products/ good/Items how ever you want to name the stuff are not the issue. We here in Germany do the same thing. We place our stuff also worldwide. Everybody knows Adidas, Puma, VW, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Porsche, Audi etc. The diffrence is the way and the goal of doing that, and this is the origin message of this song and the video. But the decision makers in every society use the goods also as dope or opium for the people. Well this concept worked in Rome the older days and still works today, satisfied citizens dont't ask uncomfortibel questions and they useally don't dig deep to get their answers. Don't blame you for this, thats all over the world the same. But In this particular case, it's about holding a mirror up to the USA. btw, Rammstein delivers us their stuff here in the same way, it's a bittersweet pill. A catchy portion of art with a bitter message in it. Don't take this song as an personel dig, even if you are an proud US american citizen. Take it as an reminder, that people do things in your name and in the name of your homeland, you even don't know. You didn't vote for them for doing this and in many cases you probably would disagree with their decesions. Funfact Rammstein did the same to their own Country with the Song and Video Deutschland it's just their way to express their feelings and reminds us to ask more critical questions instead of swallow the lies inside of a sweet delicious package.
btw. i recoment to check out the video "Die Anstalt - Außenpolitik der USA im Nahen Osten" unfortunaly it's in German and you have to turn on googel english subtitels. The reason for my recomandation is, this satireshow was controversal like Rammstein is today but they deliver proven facts in a funny way. bittersweet again.
Take care guys.
@@wupstaler9886 I agree with everything you said. Of all the Rammstein songs, Deutschland is my favorite. I love the way the song sounds, and the way Till sings it. I, personally, hold Germany in high regard and am quick to understand that there's no nation on the planet that has been innocent for the duration of their existence. I don't think it's fair for Germans to be somehow ashamed of their history. All of that history got Germany to where it is today.
Truth
U miss the main message. Yanks never walk on MOON, this happens only in Studio! Is like Disneyland in front window and behind this the whole miserable truth.like Yanks "Super Heroes"
It is a dig at the USA. The American culture has been deeply ingrained in a lot of countries around the world. Almost everyone around the world knows Coca Cola, Hamburgers, McDonald's, pizza, Disney, etc etc. Remember the members of the band grew up in Eastern Germany, that was under Soviet influence till 1989. After that, they east quickly reunited with the west of Germany where American culture was widely spread. American shows on TV, American brands in the shops, American food brands, news from America, American films in cinema, lots of us military bases everywhere.
That doesn't mean it is all bad, but sometimes cultural stuff that is imported from the US, replaces local culturural stuff. And that is not always the best to have. But that is more the issue of the other country, not the US.
100% doesn’t have to be a bad thing, it’s just facts at this point.
just insult!
It's not an insult...just a commentary on facts.. Forcing coca cola and war on the world. Killing indigenous culture's by food or force.
We can accept facts or denye them. 'Murica is the best country in the world??? (insult or fact)?
I love the hair 😍
Thanks!
@@SlayWithBrandy you truly welcome
Wir alle leben in Amerika, aber eben nicht...
American commercialism is so big every country around the world is consumed by it. But it's not all good and some people start to lose there own identity and culture when every country should be proud to also be themselves with there own unique identity.
Neither ode nor insult. It is the artistic expression of what they think of the USA. After all, it took them ten years to perform there again. When you come from a dictatorship to the "land of opportunity" but the truth is different, AND when you're Till Lindemann, you don't write nice lyrics about the place.
Check out the song (video) "Deutschland". The view of their home country is even more differentiated than that of the USA.
That was the first song i heard from them!
@@Eugene535 No one has claimed that.
@@Eugene535 The band members of Rammstein all come from the GDR (East Germany), just like me. (Three of them had previously played together in a punk band in the GDR).
On their first big tour of the USA, at least one concert was stopped by the police and the musicians were arrested. The provocations were probably too much in the puritanical state. There were a number of sexual innuendos and gestures. They did not expect to be arrested. They thought they were in the land of opportunity.
It is clearly a hit on the cultural imperialism of America. Yeah, a lot of others countries does this as well. But even these are impacted by America. That is why they chose America.
The question less clear is is this also a critic on the countries themselves who led this happen to their own cultur in the hope fast profits?
ODE OR INSULT? No, it's ironic.
clearly an insult
The truth about America. Greetings from Germany
It is not a love song. You should watch the making of video
This is not ❤️ 🎵🎶
The song is rather to be understood as a criticism of the USA because the USA interferes everywhere and also with its wars for oil.
We should remember how old that video is.. it's released after the Iraq invasion when America thought it was a great idea to mess with the middle east again 😅
It’s a sarcasmic song about American Capitalism sucking rest of the world from their Culture, foods etc. Coz USA is nowadays everywhere. ”This is not a love song, i don’t speak my motherstongue” is a take on how many US people actually speaks original American (Indian languages) not English.
A sua boca é linda 😘
Amerika is an anti-imperialist song. They're sarcastic in their song. It's against American imperialism and globalization.
it's neither. It's critique on american culture forcing itself on other countries often messing things up in said countries and killing lot's of rich, ancient history and traditions with Mickey Mouse and Fast Food. The line "this is not a love song" was a subtle hint...
There is nothing "great" about barfing cheeseburgers and coke all around the world, especially in countries with thousands years old, rich cultures. It's about CULTURAL COLONIZATION.
..............this is not a love song !!!
It's a bid sad you didn't get the critizism in this video, but i can understand it's hard if you are American and brainwashed every day. It is about the USA's arrogance and influence on the whole world. Playing World Police and forcing American "culture", capitalism and "values" down the throats of people around the world. There is nothing happy about buddhist monks eating unhealty burgers and pepsi, the smiling is a reference to the fake happiness and pretending everything is fine which is deeply implemented in U.S. society. If you want to understand why America is not the best country in the world from the POV of all other nations, watch Volker Pispers on America...
Noone is forcing you. If something American replaces some cultural idiom, maybe it was time. Is the pressure coming from America or is that a big suckling sound coming from the rest of the world?
Asking a question is arrogant? Do you know what progress is? Maybe we should be riding horseback, using outhouses? Maybe we should take back all the vaccines and clean water stations American volunteers brought to under- developed countries. That song by Rammstein may have been filled with sarcasm, but underneath there was envy. They were playing electric guitars,invented by Americans, playing rock music, invented by Americans, with the freedom America allowed them when they won the cold war and Germany was reunited. I could go on and on but I don't want to seem arrogant. You can go eat your veggies and pudding now.
@@Eugene535 Is English your second language? I'm not getting 100% coherent thought or expression.
@@Eugene535 Your sentence structure is abysmal, you don't capitalize, and your passion for your favorite band is off t h e charts. I'm guessing here, but am I having a conversation with a thirteen year old boy?
Well, this is getting boring. You've totally lost focus, which means I won. Go have some tea , if your mommy let's you drink tea. Relax and ponder the more meaningful subjects in life.... like .how the hell did that numbskull bring Megan Markel into the royal family.
React to more Rammstein tho' its better live.
I deff want to react to their live content! I haven’t done that yet!
I love the hair 😍